Rajiv Joseph‘s reaction to an Iranian Play

Rajiv Joseph (born June 16, 1974) is an American playwright and a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist. 
His Gruesome Playground Injuries is on stage in khane Namaysh Mehregan .He posted Iranian poster of the play in his Instagram page.

 

According to Iran Theater,  some weeks after Donald Trump pulled out of Iran Nuclear deal, Rjiv Joseph posted a poster of iranian play based on  Gruesome Playground Injuries in his Instagram page.

 Ali Mansouri is directing  Gruesome Playground Injuries. Rajiv Joseph called Mansouri and  said that he would like to travel to Iran and to watch the performance. Due to political problems it's not possible for him to travel to Iran. He also sent his new play for Ali Mansouri.

 

RAJIV JOSEPH’s (Playwright) play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama and was also awarded a grant for Outstanding New American Play by the National Endowment for the Arts. His play Guards at the Taj was a 2016 Obie Winner for Best New American Play and a 2016 Lucille Lortel Winner for Best Play. His play Archduke received its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Other plays include Gruesome Playground Injuries, The Monster at the Door, Animals Out of Paper, The Lake Effect, The North Pool, and Mr. Wolf. Rajiv has been awarded artistic grants from the Whiting Foundation, United States Artists and the Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. He is a board member of the Lark Play Development Center in New York City, where he develops all his plays. He served for three years in the Peace Corps in Senegal and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.